About YANFA
Technology should not be a privilege only well-funded organizations can afford.
YANFA is a nonprofit technology initiative helping organizations working for public good access the technology expertise, infrastructure, cybersecurity, software, AI, and digital capabilities they need. We are not limited to any one region, religion, or cause — we support legitimate nonprofit, humanitarian, educational, healthcare, community, religious, environmental, and scientific organizations working for public benefit.
Mission
To strengthen organizations working for public good by making high-quality technology expertise and infrastructure accessible, reusable, secure, and sustainable.
Vision
A world where organizations serving people are not held back by lack of access to technology expertise.
Why YANFA?
Inspired by a word that means "to benefit."
The name YANFA is inspired by the Arabic word "yanfa'u" (يَنْفَعُ), meaning "to benefit" or "to be beneficial."
وَأَمَّا مَا يَنْفَعُ النَّاسَ فَيَمْكُثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ “But what benefits people remains on the earth.”
Qur'an 13:17
This reflects YANFA's purpose: building technology, expertise, and infrastructure that create lasting benefit for people by strengthening the organizations that serve them — read more on the homepage.
How YANFA Works
Experienced technology professionals volunteer a few hours of their time. YANFA standardizes successful solutions into reusable templates and infrastructure, and matches approved organizations with the support they need — see the full workflow on the homepage.
Who We Serve
Charities, humanitarian organizations, schools and universities, healthcare providers, religious organizations, community groups, environmental and scientific organizations, foundations, and NGOs — anywhere in the world, provided their work serves a legitimate public benefit.
Technology philosophy
Solve once. Benefit many.
Shared expertise
Organizations access professionals they could not normally employ individually.
Reusable technology
Successful solutions become reusable templates and infrastructure.
Security first
Technology should be safe, resilient, maintainable, and documented.
Capacity building
YANFA should strengthen organizations rather than create unnecessary dependency.
Open technology
Reusable generic tools should be open source where appropriate.
Humanity first
Support is based on legitimate public benefit rather than religion, nationality, ethnicity, or geography.
Values
What guides YANFA's work.
Service
Technology exists to support the mission.
Excellence
Nonprofits deserve professional-quality technology.
Trust
Handle organizational and beneficiary information responsibly.
Independence
Recommend what organizations actually need rather than selling unnecessary software.
Collaboration
Bring together experts from different disciplines and communities.
Reusability
Solve problems in ways that can benefit many organizations.
Humanity
Support organizations working for legitimate human and public benefit.
Legal foundation
Established on a legal foundation.
YANFA is an initiative of Beacon Media Foundation, a Swedish nonprofit organization established in 2007.
Legal organization
Beacon Media Foundation
- Organization type
- Ideella Föreningar, stiftelser m.fl.
- Organization number
- 802449-9926
- Registered
- In Sweden since 2007
- Founder and Chairman
- Dr. Zeeshan Ali Shah
- Registered address
- Nidarosgatan 34 Plan 4, 164 34 Kista, Stockholm, Sweden
These are YANFA's registration and contact details, provided for transparency. This is not a statement of tax-exempt or charitable status in any jurisdiction. See our Privacy Statement for how we handle information, and our Contact page to get in touch.
Three ways to be part of YANFA.
Whichever describes you, there is a clear next step.
I am a technology professional
Join as a Volunteer
Contribute a few hours of your expertise to organizations that need it most.
I represent a nonprofit
Get Technology Support
Request help with cybersecurity, infrastructure, software, and technology strategy.
I want to support this mission
Donate
Help fund technology access for organizations that could not otherwise afford it.